Bath-tub.



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BATH TUB.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1915.

' Patented Oct. 3,1916.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT oFFrcE.

JOSEPH W. SHARP, JR., OF BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0^HAINES, JONES & CADBURY, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BATH-TUB.

Application led May 28, 1915. Serial No. 30,884.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. SHARP, J r., a. citizen of the United States, residing at Berwyn, in the county of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bath-Tub, of' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bath tubs.

The object is to provide improved means for inclosing the spaces between the tuband the adjacent walls and the floor, and to provide an attractive finish between the body of the tub and the floor and walls adjacent thereto.

The invention also comprises means for forming an inclosure for the fixtures of the tub, and means for the convenient access thereto. I

The invention especially comprises means for accomplishing the above recited ends in connection with a standard tub, equally adapted for placing in a right hand corner, a left hand corner, or in a recess in which both ends of the tub finish to the walls. Such a tub, formed in accordance with this invention, may be termed universal in that it is equally adapted for finishing with either side and the fixture end to the adjacent walls and fioor, or with either side'and the other end so finished, or with both ends so finished.

The invention also comprises convenient means for holding, handling and manipulating the tub when the exposed surfaces of the outside are subjected to the enameling process or to other suitable coating or finishing operation. v

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate merely by way of example, suitable embodiments of my invention Figure 1 is a plan View showing the tub located in a corner with vthe fixture end thereof exposed..

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tub located in a recess. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 4. 'Fig 4 is a vertical section on line 4 4. ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is an end elevation. Fig. 6-is an end elevation in modified form. Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-section on line 7 7 of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a` horizontal section on line 8-8 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on line 9,-9 of Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the arrangement shown in Fig,- l.- Fig. 11 is a side Specification `of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

elevation of the arrangement shown in'Fig. 2. Fig. 12 is a view in perspective of the tub secured in a corner with the fixture end against the wall.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In 'my co-pending application Serial No. 869,220 filed Oct. 29, 1914, I have shown means for incasing the ordinary or standard bath tub in plates or panels, preferably of enameled metal, up to which the floor and adjacent walls are finished, the purpose being to give the effec-t of a solid tub structure, and also to obviate the open orevices and spaces between the tub and fioor and adjacent walls which are difficult of access and hence are difficult to keep clean.

The purpose of the present invention is to-obtain somewhat similar results by a more simple method, namely by providing the wings 15 extending at substantially each of the four-corners of the tub from the rim 14 tothe floor. The outer margin is in a substantially vertical straight line, while the inner margin conforms to the line of the tub in the `substantially vertical direction and also has a graceful curve in the horizontal plane as indicated at 16. In Fig. 3, I show these wings 15 provided with a short right angular extension 17. Within these short extensions 17 and the overhanging rim 14 is secured the plate 18 by any suitable means such as lugs 19. This plate 18 is provided with the opening 20 which is'adapted to loeclosed by the removable plate 21 secured by the bolts 22. This arrangement is intended to finish the exposed end of-.the tub as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

rangement, in which the pair of wings at the end of the tub are connected at the bottom by 'a cross extension 23 and with the two upright extensions 24 which join the rim 14. These extensions 24 are bent in as at 25, so `that the cover plate 26 may be ,At the otherend of the tub the exposed wingl is finished in with the wall or tiles into the wall and floor. Therear wing 15- at the head or fixture end of the tub is finished vinto the wall. The outer surfaces of the front wings 15 are formed integral in harmonious lines with the body portion of the tub and are similarly finished with enamel 'or paint tol correspond therewith. The exposed fixture end of the tubl is then -covered with the frame and cover plate either as shown in Figs. 3, 6 and 9, or in Figs. 5 and 8. vThe outer surface of this plate will obviously be enameled, or finished similarly to the outer exposed surface of the tub. lt will be obvious that there l'will be Ino necessity however for finishing the inner surfaces of the wings 15 and the outer surfaces of the ends of the tubbetween the wings, as these surfaces are always covered either by the cover plate or by the wings finished into the wall.

Where the* outer surface of the tub is painted, it will be seen that the outer surface of only one side of the tub need be painted, since the other side is invariably placed against a wall and the wall is finished up to the rim and wings.

In Fig. 2 the tub is shown set in a recess with the outer wing 15 at each end o-f the tub inishingto the wall and floor; thus there will be no exposed outer part of the -tub beyond the rim except the front outer surface lying between the two 'front wings 15.

" It will also be seen that where the fixture end of the tub is yplaced against the wall with the foot or other end of the tub exposed, a similar cover plate may be provided to the foot end ofthe tub. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 12. Attention is, called to the fact that th rim at the fixture end of the tub is made of sufficient width to permit of a vportion thereof being built into the wall while a `-sufficient area remains to accommodate the fixtures, as shown in Figs. A and 12.

It will also be noted that the outer edges or corners of the wings are housed or covered by the rim as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 so that a uniform finish of the rim is secured around the exposed portions thereof.

As the inner walls of the wingsV 15 and 4extensions 17 and 24 are always inclosed,

it is unnecessaryto enamel, or paint these surfaces. lt will also be understood that these surfaces or the lugs provided thereon may be engaged by suitable bars or other devices as means for the convenient handling or manipulating the tub in the operation of enameling or painting the outer surface thereof. f

What I claim is 1. A bath tub having a top rim, and 1vlngs projecting diagonally from approximately each of its four 'corners and extending from the rim t0 the floor adapted toy finish With adjacent walls either at the9 right or left hand end of the tub.

2. A bath tub having a top rim and wings projecting diagonally from approximately each of its four corners and extending from the rim to the floor, all of said wings exposed to view and adjacent a wall either. to theL right or to the left adapted to finish with said walll and the ioor.

3. A bath tub having a top rim and wings projecting diagonally from approximately each of its four corners and extending from rim to floor and finishing in graceful lineswith the sides of the tub and with adjacent walls either to the right or to the left.

4. A bath tub having wings extending from approximately each of its four corners and from the rim t0 the floor, said wings having inwardly turned portions and a cover plate lengaging therewith at the exposed end of the tub.

'5. A bath ltub having wings extending from approximately each of its four corners and from the rim to the floor, said wings having inwardly turned portions and a removable cover plate engaging therewith at the exposed end of the tub. y f

6. A bath tub having wings extending from approximately each of its four corners and from the rim to the floor, said wings having inwardly turned portions, a frame and a removable cover plate engaging therewith at the exposed end of the tub.

7 A bathtub having a top rim and wings projecting diagonally from approximately each of its four corners and extending vertically from the rim to the floor, the surface inclosed between said wings providing means adapted to be engaged in any suitable manner for manipulating the tub in the process of finishing the surfaces thereof.

8. A bath tub having wings projecting from approximately each of its four corners and extending vertically from the inner side ofA its downwardly projecting rim to the floor, said wings terminating in right angularextensions in planes parallel with the end walls of the tub.

9. A bath tub having wings projecting diagonally from approximately each of its four corners and extending vertically from the rim to the floor, the rim at the fixture end of the tub being' of sufficient width to permit of part being built into the wall and still sufficient area remaining clear to accommodate the fixtures thereon.

10. A bath tub having wings projecting from approximately each of the four corners of the body of the tub, and extending 1ers androm the-rim to the Hoor and a vertically from the corners of the rim to the cover plate for engaging a pair of Awings at Hoor, said Wings provided with return one end of the tub for inelosing the space 10 flanges in planes parallel with the end walls therebetween. Y 5 of the tub. I JOSEPH W. SHARP, JR.

11. A bath tub having Wings extending `Witness: from approximately each of the four corf MAE HOFMANN. 

